Combination clip and shield for hair-waving devices



Feb, 3. l 925.

' O. C. KAVLE COMBINATION CLP AND SHIELD FOR HAIR WAVING DEVICES Filed May '1, 1924 l Il'.

IN1/ENT@ 4'0 bobbins.

patented Feb. 3, 192s.

l 1,524,867 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

OSCAR C. KAV'LE, OF -SYRACUSE ANEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 E. FREDERICS, INC., 0F a NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COMBINATION CLIP ANDfsH-Innn ron HAIRWAVING. nav-Ions.

Application filed May 1,

5 State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Clips and Shields for Hair-'Waving Devices, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full,

clear,and exact description.

This 'invenltion relates to a combined self locking clip and shield for use in connection with hair Waving and curling implements in which a relatively small number of strands of .hair are tightly wound upon a bobbin vfrom points Aclose to the-scalp and inclosed in a tubular capsule or pad containing borax or other' suita le material thus forming a core -which lis placed within 'a' paper tube of suicient length to extend beyond the free ends of the coil of hair and corresponding end of the bobb'inan'd close to the scalp. The outer end of the tube isthen closed by cotton or equivalent `material and the inner'end adjacent thescalp is compressed tightly around the adjacent portions of the hairafter' which 'heat 'is applied to the assembled parts sutiicient to convert the moisture in the borair pad into steam vapor and w .to liberate the oil from the hair -afterwhich the tubes and bobbins are removed and the hair dressedto impart to it the desired permanent wave.

It is customary to treat several strands of hair in this manner simultaneously or in quick succession iu order to secure uniform results in all of the strands and to prevent the hair from becoming excessively dry and brittle after the removing of the tubes and .-It is highly important therefore, to provide simple and eiiicient means for quickly compressing the end of the tube adjacent -the scalp and holding it in its compressed position to revent the passage of the steam to the sca p and consequently irritation thereof by blistering and while I am-aware that various devices have heretofore been provided for partially effecting a tight compression of the end of the tube adjacent the scalp, the have been more or less inefficient int-'that t ey loose their compression force by loosening and opening'under the pressure of the expanded vapor on the inside of the tube.

1924. Serial vNo. 710,319.

The main object therefore, of my pres-ent` l ends of the v-jaws of the clip with finger l pieces by whichpthey may be openedandl closed at will.

Other objectsand uses relating to speci' fic parts of the clip will be brought' out in Athe following description.

In the drawings Figure l is a longitudinal sectional'view of astrand of hair coiled upon a bobbin and its inclosing pad and heating tube together with my'improv'ed clip for compressing the innjer end of the tube around the strand of hair adjacent the- Scalp.

Figure2 is a plan of the detached'clip in its closed position.

lFigure 3 is a plan of the same clip show.`

ing the jaws in their open positions.

l Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4, Figure 2.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, I have shown a strand Y A of hair coiled around a suitable bobing pad (3- which inrturn is inclosed in a. paper tube -D- extending from' a point near the scalp to some distance beyond the free ends of the coil of hair and hobbin and having its outer end closed by a porous plug -E- of cotton or equivalent material, the end of the tube adjacent the scalp'l being compressed by my .improved clip -1- after which the assembledparts within the tube -D- are heated to convert the moisture of the pad into steam which in turn acts upon the coil ofv hair to liberate the oil therefrom and therebyto .prepare the strand of hair for future treatment to produce the desired 'permanent wave in a manner well known in this art and not necessary to herein further describe for the reason that the method of treating the hair forms no part of myA presentinvention.

The clip *-lcomprises a. split jaw -2-f.

and a cooperative ]aw -3-, said jaws being made of thin sheet metal and hinged to each other at one end by a pivotal in or rivet -4- which permanently ho ds them 1n operative relation.

' concavo-con vex in close` .tothe scalp.

' plane 'geut 'right angles to the axis ofthe vthe pivotf'f-llto form a slot-- which the jaw I3- 1s pivoted. and adapted' to move so that'when the jaws are closed the Y opposed walls of the slot 5- or `rather parts of the -jaws f-2- at opposite sidesbf said slot engage oppositeaces of the jaw thereby holdingthe free ends of said jaws against `accidental lateral springing movement an.;- consequentlyl release one from the pressure exertM thereon by the steam genother by the expansive erated within the tube. f

-As illustrated, the

. 'of two'p'arts or 'sect1ons,viz., a main part -6- and a supplemental part -7, the main part -6- being of substantially the same form as the jaw --3- so that both parts may vbe stamped by the same die.

arrowerA but follows thegeneral contour of the part ti-.and is riveted thereto by A .the pivotal pin by an extra rivet f8- having a spacin collar 9 of vsub- V-stantially the 'same t iclmess as the slot -5- to assist the interposed portion of the jaw 3.- in holding the' parts -land -7-in spaced relation to formthe slot The rivet -8- is located relatively nearer to the pivotal pin 4rthan to the free end .of the jaw -2- leaving the remaining portions of the parts 6- and -7-7 free to spring apart for releasing the jaw -3 from between them in a manner presently described.

The jaw -3- and .jaw section .-G-are provided with inwardly projecting tongues 9 and .9- some distance from the pivot`- -4., the tongue Sl-being provided with -a series of apertures -10- arranged in Lthe point of thetongu vsequence cdncentric with the axis of the pivot '4- whi'le the Vtongue 9"- is provided with an upwardly pressed nib Aor detent -11-, the same distance from the axis of the pivot -4L as the apertures @10- for successively engaging said apertures as the jaws are closed one upon 4the other and locking the jaws in their closed positions.

The walls of the apertures 10 nearest e -9- are substantially fiat and radial to the pivot while the edge of the detent -11- farthest from the pivot of the tongue -9-- is also flat and radial to said pivot for engaging the flat sides of the openings -10- and thereby producing a more effective lock for holding theljaws in Atheir closed positionsl` while at thesaine time permitting the delent -1l to ride freely along the adjacent face of the gral extensions 12- substantially radial to-their' pivot -4- to form handles projecting beyond the tongues -9 and -9- for closing and ,opening the jaws.

The part 7 extends along the tongue and is tensioned to spring'toward the part --6- to 'unpnge the tongue -9- of the jaw^3 between the parts (5- and .-7 .when the jaws are closed and thereby tol more effectively hold said jaws against relative lateral displacement' when closed upon the inner end of the tub -D- for com ressing the same.

T e free endof the jaw section -7- overlies the detent 11 so that when thc apertured tongue.-9 is inserted between the" tongue` -9- and adjacent portion of the jaw section -.-7 the tongue -9- will be pressed flrmlv between the jaw sections 6- and -7-2'1 to hold the detent 1lin interlocking engagement with the registering aperture -10.

The free end of tongue -9- and adjacent end of the jaw. -section curved outwardly in opposite directions at -l3 to permit the tongue 9- to readily enter between the sections -6- and -7 when closin the jaws. A

What I c aim is: v

1. The combination with a heating tube of ahairwaiving device, of a clip and scalp protector'adapted to be clamped to and seal the end of thetube close to th`e scalp, said clip comprising a pair of jaws pivoted to -each other, one of said jaws being pro vided 'with a lengthwise slot for rece1v1ng a portion `of .the other jaw, and cooperative means on the jaws for locking them in their closed positions.

2. A combined clip and scalp shield as in claim 1, in which the cooperative means for holding the jaws in their closed positions -7- are includes apertures in; one of the jaws ar.

fl. A .combined clip and scalp for hair,

waiving appliances comprising opposed jaws pivoted'to each other and having their outer ends provided with handles by which they other jaw, the portion of the ,first named jaw maybe opened and closed, one of seid jaws at one side of the slot being yielding, said :hai/inge yieldin section and e main section, jaws having cooperative means for locking' the other jaw aving portion thereof them in their closed positions. fblpovable hetweenthe main section and yield- In witness whereof I have hereunto ser section, and means for locking the jaws my hand this 22nd day of April, 1924. intheir closed positions.

`SLA combined clip and scalp shield for OSCAR C' KAVLE hair waiving appliances comprising opposed Vitnesses:

Q0 uws pivoted to each other, one of said jaws H. E. CHASE,

wing a slot for receiving a portion of the v R. CAMroLiETo. 

